Darwinbots Forum

Welcome To Darwinbots => Newbie => Topic started by: Zinc Avenger on November 16, 2006, 08:13:11 AM

Title: What is "Amplification"?
Post by: Zinc Avenger on November 16, 2006, 08:13:11 AM

In a super-long-term sim I've seen "Delta mutations changed Amplification from X to Y" a couple of times, but never before or since. What is this "Amplification"?

Title: What is "Amplification"?
Post by: Numsgil on November 16, 2006, 10:16:11 AM

A delta mutation is a mutation that changes the rate of another mutation.

An amplification mutation takes a random length of DNA (specified as a gaussian curve that you can play with), copies it, and places it elsewhere in the genome.

Delta mutations can happen any cycle, but amplification mutations occurr only if you reproduce.

Title: What is "Amplification"?
Post by: Sprotiel on November 16, 2006, 10:31:18 AM

Amplification doesn't seem to exist anymore. At least, it doesn't appear in the mutation settings panel.

Title: What is "Amplification"?
Post by: Numsgil on November 16, 2006, 12:56:29 PM

I disabled a couple mutation types at one point, due to problems with array bounds.  It was right before I switched to the C++ source, so they probably never got fixed.